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Rebecca A King1, Kapila C Patel1, Victoria M Mark1
1New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion R-121-G, 1150 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY, 10032-3702, USA.
Abstract:
Ethnicity has been shown to affect weight loss outcome and attrition after bariatric surgery. We analyze data from a multiethnic urban cohort of patients (n = 570) followed up to 12 months after either gastric bypass (RYGB) or gastric banding (AGB) surgery. Percent total weight loss was greater at 1 year after RYGB (35%) compared with that of AGB (13%), regardless of ethnicity. Hispanics were more likely to undergo RYGB (77.3% vs. 61.2% of African-Americans and 50.4% of Caucasians). Ethnicity had no effect on attrition after RYGB, but Hispanics had better follow-up rate after AGB. Our data do not support an effect of ethnicity on surgical weight loss at 1 year.
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